Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jump"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jupon \Ju*pon"\, Juppon \Jup*pon"\, n. [F. jupon, fr. jupe
skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba.] [Written
variously {jupe}, {jump}, {juppo}, etc.]
1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th
century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
--Dryden.
2. A petticoat. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jump \Jump\, v. t.
1. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a
stream.
2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the
ditch.
3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
To jump a body with a dangerous physic. -- Shak.
4. (Smithwork)
(a) To join by a butt weld.
(b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
5. (Quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
{To jump a claim}, to enter upon and take possession of land
to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and
occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See {Claim}, n.,
3.
{To jump one's bail}, to abscond while at liberty under bail
bonds. [Slang, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jump \Jump\, n. [Cf. F. jupe a long petticoat, a skirt. Cf.
{Juppon}.]
(a) A kind of loose jacket for men.
(b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th
century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jump \Jump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jumping}.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.]
1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of
the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air;
to spring; to bound; to leap.
Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and
a half by the square. -- Shak.
2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. ``The
jumping chariots.'' --Nahum iii. 2.
A flock of geese jump down together. -- Dryden.
3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by
with. ``It jumps with my humor.'' --Shak.
{To jump at}, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly
or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a
chance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jump \Jump\, n.
1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. ``To
advance by jumps.'' --Locke.
2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. -- Shak.
3. The space traversed by a leap.
4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of
brickwork or masonry.
{From the jump}, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.]
{Jump joint}.
(a) A butt joint.
(b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
{Jump seat}.
(a) A movable carriage seat.
(b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be
shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat.
Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jump \Jump\, a.
Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] ``Jump
names.'' --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jump \Jump\, adv.
Exactly; pat.[Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jump
n 1: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn:
{leap}]
2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the
major leagues" [syn: {leap}, {saltation}]
3: (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
4: a sudden involuntary movement: "he awoke with a start" [syn:
{startle}, {start}]
5: descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting
in the army" [syn: {parachuting}]
6: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he
advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was
unexpected" [syn: {jumping}]
v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can
you jump over the fence?" [syn: {leap}, {bound}, {spring}]
2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She
startled when I walked into the room" [syn: {startle}, {start}]
3: make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the
woman in the fur coat"
4: increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped
overnight"
5: be highly noticeable [syn: {leap out}, {jump out}, {stand
out}, {stick out}]
6: enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
7: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the
bestseller list" [syn: {rise}, {climb up}]
8: of trains [syn: {derail}, {run off the rails}]
9: cause to jump or leap, as of a trained animal [syn: {leap}]
10: start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another
car's battery [syn: {jumpstart}]
11: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
was incomprehensible" [syn: {pass over}, {skip}, {skip
over}]
12: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap
into fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: {leap}]
13: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
or conditions [syn: {alternate}]
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